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Unfair Warning |
- There is a moment,
- sometimes it is longer than a moment,
- perhaps an hour, a week, a year,
- When all is well,
- the world is fine and at peace,
- All souls are happy and
- all trends are up and
- confidence is high.
- This moment,
- before the rain begins to pelt down,
- before the wind begins to blow,
- before the bad news arrives,
- before the doubt creeps in,
- before you learn that things are not happy after all,
- This moment is an unfair warning
- for what is to come,
- Unfair preparation for things to be,
- for the coming storm.
- I think it is true,
- what the ancient proverb,
- the ancient Japanese proverb says,
- That when all is at peace,
- it is time to tighten your helmet strap,
- For there never is a warning,
- and fairness is an imaginary thing.
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